nicole109

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1. A Nurse I work with is faking their CCRN credentials

   nicole109 replied to Gr8Murse's topic in General Nursing

   I agree--I think you need to be professional about it...It seems to me that there might be some bad blood between you and this other nurse if you are going this far out of your way to get her fired....

2. shift differential and qualifying for mortgage

   nicole109 replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

   My mortgage broker used my w-2 and my last 2 months of pay stubs--this included my shift differentials which were huge because I was working weekend option night shift (almost $10 of shift...

3. As if nursing isn't hard enough, this comment appeared in a local newpaper by "none"

   nicole109 replied to latebloomernurse's topic in General Nursing

   I can see both sides here--and I'm certainly one of those people who will read something once and get all bent out of shape and then read it again and go well...wait a minute, maybe it wasn't worth...

4. Opinions and Experiences with Patient Restraints?

   nicole109 replied to jax14's topic in General Nursing

   If there is an inmate on your floor, there should also be a police officer or a correctional officer with that inmate, and they keep the key. The nurse doesn't get the key, because they aren't law...

5. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

   nicole109 replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

   As one of the other posters said, Bayview is VERY different from JHH--as are all the other facilities in the Hopkins systems. I came from Bayview, and when I left there about a year ago, I was making...

6. Do I need Insurance?

   nicole109 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

   In order to determine who is involved in a case or not...both attorneys involved in the case do what is called "discovery", where they attempt to discover the facts--this holds true in all types of...

7. Do I need Insurance?

   nicole109 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

   Insurance is a heated debate, and yes, you are in part covered by your employer--however, as a previous poster mentioned, you are only covered for the time that you were employed...so if a suit is...

8. Changing schedule and not telling me

   nicole109 replied to nurse nessie's topic in General Nursing

   Do you guys have self-scheduling, so that you can access the schedule online from any computer? That would alleviate the neccessity of having to call someone? And I second everyone else in saying that...

9. Brightstar home health care.......???

   nicole109 replied to jommit52's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto to the above, I think I wrote or responded to a post about them before. I met a business person at an office about a PRN job for this company, he had no idea what a nurse did on a normal day--I...

10. Have you ever shed tears in front of a patient or a patient's family.

    nicole109 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The first time that I teared up in front of a family, I was doing a home hospice rotation, and we walked in as the patient was taking her last few breaths--it was only a matter of minutes. The nurse...

11. What have you done without a Dr. order?

    nicole109 replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree--I don't think that this is very smart--I will just say that I think that some of the things that the OP mentioned, you may actually have orders for and not even realize it. In the hospital...

12. Skin prep on open areas...

    nicole109 replied to gabrielle76's topic in General Nursing

    Despite your best efforts to speak with the DON, the facility is going to do what they want...what you need to do, to cover your own behind is to DOCUMENT like crazy...make sure that you document...

13. Calvert Memorial/ Civista or St. Mary's Hospital?

    nicole109 replied to SAHMStudent's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I grew up in Southern MD, and have been a patient many a times at Civista, formerly PMH way back when! I made the gruesome commute to Baltimore from LaPlata, happily bypassing Civista, Southern MD,...

14. patients family photographing your badge?

    nicole109 replied to melgrek's topic in General Nursing

    if you can't photograph a patient without their written consent, they shouldn't be photographing you (or your badge) without your written consent...i would start handing the family the consent forms,...

15. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    nicole109 replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting--and I've never really thought about it from this angle, I've had patients before drinking out of the toilet, etc. to get to water...it's really sad when you think about it. But...